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The Cutting Edge Fall 2012, Wright State University Department Of Surgery
The Cutting Edge Fall 2012, Wright State University Department Of Surgery
The Cutting Edge Newsletter
An eight page newsletter created by the Department of Surgery documenting current affairs of the department. This issue highlights the arrival of two new faculty members, upcoming special lectures, alumni news, and more.
External Iliac Artery Stenting: High Incidence Of Concomitant Revascularization Procedures, Vance L. Smith, Laura Peterson, Jean E. Starr, Bhagwan Satiani
External Iliac Artery Stenting: High Incidence Of Concomitant Revascularization Procedures, Vance L. Smith, Laura Peterson, Jean E. Starr, Bhagwan Satiani
Department of Surgery Faculty Publications
Objectives: To review immediate results, patency rates, hemodynamic success, and incidence of concomitant procedures with external iliac artery stenting (EIAS). Methods: Demographic features, category and clinical grade, Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus II classification lesion type, pre- and postprocedure ankle–brachial indices, and primary patency were compared between group 1 (EIAS without distal revascularization) and group 2 (EIAS with concomitant distal revascularization).Results: No mortality and a 100% immediate technical success rate was recorded in group 1 (n = 12) and group 2 (n = 24). Eleven patients (30.6%) also had stenting of the adjacent common iliac artery. Two thirds …